{"id":616,"date":"2020-06-02T18:35:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/?p=616"},"modified":"2020-06-09T19:14:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T19:14:57","slug":"certifications-and-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/certifications-and-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Certifications and Quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the quarantine and my furlough from Fry\u2019s Electronics, I have decided to use my time wisely.  I began studying for my CompTIA Network+ certification.  But first, I needed to renew my CompTIA A+ certification.  I realized that by obtaining my Network+ that it would also renew my A+.  Unfortunately, I did not have the proper amount of time to obtain my Network+ before my A+ expiration date\u2026 Thus, I used CE credits to renew my A+ and then set my sights on my Network+.<\/p>\n<p>After studying using a series of videos on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLG49S3nxzAnmpdmX7RoTOyuNJQAb-r-gd\">YouTube from \u201cProfessor Messer\u201d<\/a>, a study guide I purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.professormesser.com\">Professor Messer<\/a>, and a set of practice tests I purchased from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/course\/network_plus_exam\/\">Udemy<\/a>. I was able to pass my certification exam.  But it doesn\u2019t end there, I was informed by CompTIA that I also now have the CIOS (CompTIA IT Operations Specialist) badge.  This certifies the \u201cachievement of multiple CompTIA certifications within an IT career-focused pathway\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I am proud of myself and very happy that I was able to use this time for something construction and something that I feel like will enhance my future career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/AplusLogoCertifiedCE-2020-06-2-14-35.png\" alt=\"AplusLogoCertifiedCE-2020-06-2-14-35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/NetworkPlusLogoCertifiedCE-2020-06-2-14-35.png\" alt=\"NetworkPlusLogoCertifiedCE-2020-06-2-14-35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/HITLogoCertified-2020-06-2-14-35.png\" alt=\"HITLogoCertified-2020-06-2-14-35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-content\/uploads\/InfrastructureCompTIAITOperationsSpecialist-CIOSlogo-2020-06-2-14-35.jpg\" alt=\"InfrastructureCompTIAITOperationsSpecialist-CIOSlogo-2020-06-2-14-35.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the quarantine and my furlough from Fry\u2019s Electronics, I have decided to use my time wisely. I began studying for my CompTIA Network+ certification. But first, I needed to renew my CompTIA A+ certification. I realized that by obtaining my Network+ that it would also renew my A+. Unfortunately, I did not have the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ramble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/techparadise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}